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October 31, 2005

Meeting lots of moms

I went to the play group this morning and met so many moms including some that have travelling spouses. I got some digits and email addresses so hopefully I can make some new friends. Karsten had fun with a boy whose family is here because of Nike. Andy has a mobile idea for Nike so Andy was happy to hear that Karsten can do some networking for him. Extra note about the play group today: the host mom raided her husband's Starbucks stash! Yay for good Seattle coffee.

The real test of how happy I could be living here for more than three months is about to begin. My mother-in-law was here the first two weeks and then Bob the second two weeks. During this time Andy has been to Italy twice, the south of France, Paris, Croatia and this week he'll be in Greece. I've been happy to have house guests keeping me company, and for those of you reading this who know about my in-laws, you know that I scored. My mother-in-law was a huge help with the kids, the house, the shopping, cooking, navigating and translating.

We're in the final hours before trick or treating. Britta has a cute flower costume that I bought last spring when it was on sale. Karsten just has his batman jammies and a cool cape to wear. He says the mask hurts his face so he won't be wearing it. There are 47 expat houses and 250 kids on our trick or treating bike route.

Posted by jana at October 31, 2005 5:34 AM